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A horse was killed and a barn was burned beyond repair during a Friday afternoon fire in Pequea Township.
Flames had already mostly taken over the barn in the 200 block of Byerland Church Road by the time firefighters arrived, West Willow Fire Company Chief Jason Topper said.
âWhen I arrived, we had fire on the first and second floor, front and back,â Topper said, adding that firefighters were called to the area about 1:19 p.m.
Topper estimated that the fire was largely extinguished in about 30 minutes.
He said the first floor of the barn housed stables for horses, as well as a small machine shop, and hay was stored in an upper, loft-like floor, which likely became fuel for the fire.